USS Celeritas

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Motorboat Celeritas starboard view.jpg
Celeritas as a private motorboat in 1916 or 1917.
History
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NameUSS Celeritas
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderRobert Jacobs, City Island, the Bronx, New York
Completed1916
Acquired28 May 1917
Commissioned29 May 1917
Stricken17 May 1919
FateSold 25 June 1919
NotesOperated as private motorboat Celeritas 1916–1917
General characteristics
Type Patrol vessel
Length60 ft 6 in (18.44 m)
Beam11 ft 5 in (3.48 m)
Draft3 ft 3 in (0.99 m)
Speed30 miles per hour [1]
Celeritas in use as a private motorboat in 1916 or 1917, probably in the New York City area. Motorboat Celeritas port view.jpg
Celeritas in use as a private motorboat in 1916 or 1917, probably in the New York City area.

USS Celeritas (SP-665) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Designed by the firm of Swasey, Raymond, & Page, Celeritas was built as a private motorboat of the same name by Robert Jacobs at City Island in the Bronx, New York, in 1916 for David Goodrich for his use in commuting. Goodrich later sold her to R. B. Myer of New York City.

On 28 May 1917, the U.S. Navy purchased Celeritas from Myer for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned on 29 May 1917 as USS Celeritas (SP-665).

Assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England, Celeritas carried out patrol duties for the rest of World War I.

Celeritas was stricken from the Navy Directory on 17 May 1919 and sold on 25 June 1919.

Notes

  1. ↑ The Navy History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-c/celertas.htm and NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170665.htm give Celeritas's speed as 30 miles per hour, implying statute miles per hour, an unusual unit of measure for the speed of a watercraft. It is possible that her speed actually was 30 knots. If 30 statute miles per hour is accurate, the equivalent in knots is 26.

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References

Celeritas in use as a private motorboat off City Island, the Bronx, New York, sometime in 1916 or 1917. Motorboat Celeritas bow view.jpg
Celeritas in use as a private motorboat off City Island, the Bronx, New York, sometime in 1916 or 1917.
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